Bioregion

Atlantic Forest

Also known as: Mata Atlântica, Bosque Atlántico, Selva Paranaense

A long narrow coastal biome that once covered ~1.3 million km² along Brazil's Atlantic coast — now reduced to ~12% of its original extent, but still one of the most species-dense biodiversity hotspots on Earth. Home to ~20,000 plant species (half of them endemic), the source of cultivated yerba mate and several pineapple lineages, and the bioregion in which most of Brazil's population now lives. The forest survives in a patchwork of remnants from Rio's *Tijuca* urban forest to the *araucaria* highlands of southern Brazil.

Why this entry

The Atlantic Forest is the bioregion where 70% of Brazilians actually live — the population centers of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre all sit within or adjacent to its remnants. Future listings of urban-adjacent aligned commerce in Brazil — agroflorestas, organic feiras, yerba mate cooperatives, Mata Atlântica reforestation projects — land here.

What’s distinctive

The forest is climatically and ecologically variable along its 3,500 km north-south span — from semi-deciduous tropical forest in the north, through coastal restinga and manguezais, montane Atlantic forest in the Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira, to the Araucaria angustifolia (Paraná pine) highlands of the south. Endemism is exceptionally high — the forest has been an “evolutionary island” separated from Amazonia by drier Caatinga and Cerrado biomes for at least several million years.

The biome is the wild source of Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate), several Bromeliaceae (including ancestor lineages of cultivated pineapple), the heart-of-palm species Euterpe edulis (juçara), and Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree, though the rubber economy centered on Amazonia). The Tupi-Guarani-speaking nations of the coast cultivated cassava, peanut, cotton, tobacco, and a diverse home-garden agroforestry whose patterns persist in contemporary smallholder farming.

Indigenous and contemporary

Tupinambá, Pataxó, Guarani-Mbyá, Guarani-Kaiowá, Krenak, Tupiniquim and many other Indigenous peoples whose ancestral territories overlap the modern coastal megacities continue to maintain forest-management knowledge and assert land rights. Brazilian agroflorestal (agroforestry) movements — Ernst Götsch’s syntropic agriculture most famously — are concentrated in the Atlantic Forest and offer reproducible models for restoring degraded land.

Sources

SOS Mata Atlântica annual deforestation reports
IBGE — Brazilian biome classification
Wikipedia — Atlantic Forest

What links here, and how

Inbound connections from across the wiki, grouped by lens and by relationship. These appear automatically — every entity page declares what it links to, and that data populates here on the targets.

Scientific

shares approach with

Amazon Basin sister Neotropical biomes — both Brazilian, both biodiversity-hotspots, both under industrial-agriculture pressure

demonstrated by

Biodiversity hotspot the Atlantic Forest is one of the 36 hotspots
Endemism the Atlantic Forest has ~50% plant endemism, including the *Araucaria angustifolia* and many unique tree-frog and primate species

Practical

contains

Brazil

contained by

Açaí Town Distribuídora LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Açucar Mascavo Rosa Lima LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Agricola Fraiburgo Indústria e Comércio LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Agrícola Menegotto LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Agro Colitti LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Agro Colitti LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Agro M2t Organicos Brasil LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Agro M2t Organicos Brasil LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Agroindústria Qualita do Brasil LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Agrovert's Industria e Comercio de Alimentos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Alexandre Pereira Rezende Júnior LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Aline R. Madruga (Grupo Ecológico Campina Verde) Ana Aparecida de Souza Alves anchored to biome via state (SC)
Aline R. Madruga (Grupo Ecológico Campina Verde) Liliane das Neves Gonçalves Ferreira anchored to biome via state (SC)
Aline R. Madruga (Grupo Ecológico Campina Verde) anchored to biome via state (SC)
Aline R. Madruga (Grupo Ecológico Campina Verde) Rosemeri Rodrigues Madruga de Souza anchored to biome via state (SC)
Aline R. Madruga (Grupo Ecológico Campina Verde) Roselene Aparecida Rodrigues Madruga da Cruz anchored to biome via state (SC)
Amakayu Queijaria Vegetal LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Apicultura Boa Vista LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Apis Flora Ind. e Com. LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Apis Ipê Ind. e Com. de Mel e Própolis LTDA. anchored to biome via state (MG)
Atina - Indústria e Comércio de Ativos Naturais LTDA. anchored to biome via state (MG)
Baby Roo Comercio de Alimentos EIRELI anchored to biome via state (PR)
Baldo Comércio, Indústria e Exportação anchored to biome via state (PR)
Barreiro Agroecologia Cafés Especiais LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Bebidas Nude Indústria e Distribuidora LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Bee Própolis Brasil LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Benjamim Industria e Comercio de Bebidas LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Bio Aura Industria de Alimentos Orgânicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Booch Kombucha LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Bourbon Specialty Coffees) Cooperativa Regional dos Cafeicultores de Poços de Caldas anchored to biome via state (MG)
Café do Futuro Torrefação e Moagem de Café LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Cafe Fazenda Sertaozinho LTDA. anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Café Três Corações S.a) Café Três Corações S.a. (Unidade Santa Luzia) anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Café Três Corações S.a) 3 Caffi Indústria e Comércio de Cápsulas S.a (Unidade de Montes Claros) anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Café Três Corações S.a) Café Três Corações S.a. (Unidade Varginha) anchored to biome via state (MG)
Café Três Corações S.a anchored to biome via state (MG)
Caisp - Cooperativa Agropecuária de Ibiuna/sp anchored to biome via state (SP)
Caminho Novo Comércio de Alimentos e Serviços LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Capebe- Cooperativa Agropecuária de Boa Esperança LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Capebe- Cooperativa Agropecuária de Boa Esperança LTDA) Smag anchored to biome via state (MG)
Capela da Penha Com. de Produtos Orgânicos anchored to biome via state (SP)
Casarão Vida Natural LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Chemyunion LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Cisol do Brasil Exportação LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Coaprocor- Cooperativa Agroindustrial de Produtores de Corumbataí do Sul anchored to biome via state (PR)
Comercio de Frutas Orgânicas Generoso LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Comércio e Beneficiadora de Cereais Della Nona LTDA – ME anchored to biome via state (SC)
Comércio, Industria e Transporte Cipó EIRELI anchored to biome via state (SC)
Concepta Ingredientes LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Coopafren - Cooperativa da Agricultura Orgânica e Familiar Recanto da Natureza anchored to biome via state (SC)
Cooperativa Agro Pecuária de Boa Esperança LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Cooperativa Agropecuaria de Caconde e Região - Coopac anchored to biome via state (SP)
Cooperativa de Produtores Orgânicos Cores da Terra anchored to biome via state (PR)
(Cooperativa Ecoserra) Barracão Ecoserra anchored to biome via state (SC)
Cooperativa Ecoserra anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Aldaci Nascimento Idalino anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Aloi José dos Santos anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Cireneu Bianchini Magnus anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Gesiel Ferreira dos Santos anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Jacson Padilha Inácio anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) João Victor Moraes Silveira anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Jorge Luiz da Silva anchored to biome via state (SC)
Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Silvia Léia Moraes Silveira anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Siriane Alves Magnus anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Coopervida – Cooperativa dos Produtores Orgânicos Catarinense) Vanderlei Benfato de Borba anchored to biome via state (SC)
Ct Agroindustria e Comercio de Frutos Citricos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Dalefrut Comércio de Produtos Alimentícios LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Deodato Buss LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Dierberger Óleos Essenciais S.a. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Dissenha S.a Indústria e Comércio anchored to biome via state (PR)
Dr. Stanley Nutrição e Bem Estar LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Docefruta Industria e Comercio de Produtos Alimenticios LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Ecobras - Centro Ecobiótico do Brasil S.a anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Ervateira São Mateus S.a. anchored to biome via state (PR)
Estar Bem Indústria, Comércio e Armazenagem LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Evomate Industria e Comercio LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Fal Holdings Participações LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Fazenda do Retiro Produtos Orgânicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Fazenda Frutifique de Teresópolis Hortifrutigranjeiros LTDA anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Fazenda Sertãozinho LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Fazendas Dutra Cultivo Importação e Exportação de Café LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Fhom Indústria, Comércio e Embalagem de Produtos Alimentícios LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Fld Morangos LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Frentano Comércio e Produtos Alimentícios LTDA-ME anchored to biome via state (SP)
Frutaria Bebidas e Alimentos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Granvital Industria e Comercio de Alimentos LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Grings & Filhos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Ginger Brasil Comercio Produção Exportação de Orgânicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (ES)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Alexandre Selvaggio anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Francisco Donizeti de Godoi anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) José Dias de Oliveira anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) José Manoel da Silva anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Luiz Eugênio Araujo de Moraes Mello anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Marcos Aurélio Moreira anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Pedro Cardia Ghirotti anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Sebastião Gomes de Souza anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Robert Marinho Gomes anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Grupo Liege Ferlin dos Santos) Sheila Gomes Ferreira anchored to biome via state (MG)
Grupo Lys LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Gsfoods LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Herbaltec Tecnologia de Alimentos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Hilê Indústria de Alimentos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SC)
I Don Francesco Laticinios LTDA. anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Iamani Comércio de Produtos Naturais LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Industria de Erva Mate Yacuy LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Industria de Mate Santa Rita LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Industria de Vinagre e Plásticos Heinig LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Indústria e Comércio de Arroz Ecológico Topanote LTDA ME anchored to biome via state (SC)
Indústria e Comercio de Vinagres e Bebidas Montes Verdes LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Industrial Rei Verde Biomate Organic Brazil LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
J.j.g Orgânicos - Produção e Distribuição de Alimentos Orgânicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Jf Comércio Indústria e Transportes LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Kampo de Ervas Indústria e Comércio LTDA-ME anchored to biome via state (SP)
Kombuchinha LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Korin Agricultura e Meio Ambiente LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
La Naturelle Agroindustria Comercio e Distribuicao de Alimentos EIRELI - EPP anchored to biome via state (SP)
Legeé Óleos Essenciais e Compostos EIRELI anchored to biome via state (SP)
Lenz Participações LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Liotécnica Tecnologia Em Alimentos S.a. anchored to biome via state (SP)
M. R. Comercio de Legumes e Frutas LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Mape Frutas Agroindústria LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Maria Ilce) Maria Ilce, Edivaldo Celestino Ribeiro e Armazem Organicos da Serra e CIA LTDA (Sítio Cachoeira) anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Maria Ilce) Maria Ilce, Edivaldo Celestino Ribeiro e Armazem Organicos da Serra e CIA LTDA (Sítio Beira Rio) anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Maria Ilce) Maria Ilce e Edivaldo Celestino Ribeiro (Sítio Tapera) anchored to biome via state (MG)
(Maria Ilce) Maria Ilce, Edivaldo Celestino Ribeiro, Matheus Ribeiro de Oliveira e Marcelo Ribeiro de Oliveira (Sítio Quilombo) anchored to biome via state (MG)
Mate Factor - Industria de Chás anchored to biome via state (PR)
Maurano & Maurano LTDA (Mundo da Quinoa) anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Megamatte Adm. de Franquias LTDA.) Neiverth & Castro LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Megamatte Adm. de Franquias LTDA. anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Mercado Orgânico Brasil Companhia Digital LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Miste Organico Comercio de Alimentos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Mj Maciel Distribuidora de Hortfruti LTDA) All Organic Distribuidora LTDA - Box 7. anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Mj Maciel Distribuidora de Hortfruti LTDA) Marcos José Maciel /Fazenda Mj Maciel Ii anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Mj Maciel Distribuidora de Hortfruti LTDA) Marcos José Maciel /Fazenda Mj Maciel Iii anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Mj Maciel Distribuidora de Hortfruti LTDA) Marcos Jose Maciel /Fazenda Mj Maciel I anchored to biome via state (SP)
Mn Própolis – Ind. Com. e Exp LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Mnh Api Foods EIRELI anchored to biome via state (SP)
Morangos Brasil Agricultura LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
N Zeppone S.a anchored to biome via state (PR)
Native Produtos Orgânicos LTDA. - Usina São Francisco S/a anchored to biome via state (SP)
Nestle Brasil LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Nume Espaço Botânico- Cultivo de Ervas, Flores e Frutas LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Organic4 Alimentos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Organicbana Comercio e Servicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Organicbana Comercio e Servicos LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Orgânicos da Mantiqueira LTDA. anchored to biome via state (MG)
Orgânicos Verde Natural LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Pan Christian Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Alimentícios LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Positive) Bebidas Poty LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Produtos Naturais Planeta Verde LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Primor Doces e Caramelos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SC)
Purea Indústria Alimentícia LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Quinta dos Papagayos e Organicos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Quitanda Tomio LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Rafael Almeida Veiga Jacob LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Rama Agropecúaria LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Rancho S.f.p Produções Agrícolas LTDA) Rancho Santa Monica Produtos Alimenticios anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Rancho S.f.p Produções Agrícolas LTDA anchored to biome via state (RJ)
Reginaldo Antonio Ribeiro da Costa - Sítio Coqueiro anchored to biome via state (SP)
Reginaldo Antonio Ribeiro da Costa - Fazenda Santa Fé anchored to biome via state (SP)
Reginaldo Antonio Ribeiro da Costa - Sítio Pinheirinho anchored to biome via state (SP)
Reginaldo Antonio Ribeiro da Costa - Sítio São Paulo anchored to biome via state (SP)
Rizoma Partners Holding S.a anchored to biome via state (SP)
Romualdo e Carnevalli Industria Comércio de Produtos Naturais e Apícolas LTDA anchored to biome via state (MG)
Sabor do Mate Agroindústria LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Santosflora Indústria e Comércio de Ervas LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Sementes Alimentos Paraná LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Shambala Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Naturais LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SC)
Shopper Comércio Alimentício LTDA LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Sítio da Boa Esperança e Sitio Campo Limpo anchored to biome via state (SP)
Sítio Nova Esperança anchored to biome via state (PR)
Sl Cereais e Alimentos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (PR)
Sítio Novo Mundo Comércio e Distribuidora anchored to biome via state (SP)
Solo Vivo Prod. e Comércio de Prod. Orgânicos LTDA ME anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Solo Vivo Prod. e Comércio de Prod. Orgânicos LTDA ME) Reginaldo Antonio Ribeiro da Costa anchored to biome via state (SP)
Souvie Comercio e Industria, Importação e Exportação de Produtos Orgânicos anchored to biome via state (SP)
St Cambará Orgânicos anchored to biome via state (SP)
Super & CIA Distribuição e Serviços Especializados LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Tartaruga Panificio Manual LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Tempo Organico Comercio de Alimentos LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Tecpolpa Indústria e Comércio de Sucos LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Terra Comercio de Frutas LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Terra Límpida Agricultura LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Tondo S.a. anchored to biome via state (SP)
(Tondo S.a.) Tondo S.a - Cd Tijucas anchored to biome via state (SC)
Tribal Brasil Alimentos LTDA. ME anchored to biome via state (PR)
Triunfo do Brasil Ind. e Com. LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Tropical Distribuidora de Hortifrutigranjeiros LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SP)
Urban Farm Ipiranga Horta e Hortifruti LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Vemate Indústria de Produtos Alimentícios LTDA. anchored to biome via state (SC)
Verd Fácil Comércio de Frutas e Verduras EIRELI anchored to biome via state (SC)
Vi-maria & CIA LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Via Sustentis Ind. e Com. de Insumos Orgânicos e Naturais LTDA-ME anchored to biome via state (PR)
Villa Germania Alimentos S.a. anchored to biome via state (SC)
(Wagner Barbosa Peres) Padaria Visão Orgânica LTDA anchored to biome via state (SP)
Yerbalatina Phytoactives LTDA anchored to biome via state (PR)
Espírito Santo the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor
Minas Gerais the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor
Paraná the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor
Rio de Janeiro the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor
Santa Catarina the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor
São Paulo the state's dominant biome — many states straddle two or more biomes; this is the simplified anchor

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